William Woys Weaver will be presenting “The Roughwood
Seed Collection: Our Kitchen Garden for Culinary and Cultural Research”\,
Saturday April 22nd at the 2017 PA Academy of Nutrition and Diet (PAND) An
nual Meeting and Exhibition. Weaver will discuss the seed collection’s mis
sion and how to better integrate heirloom vegetables into our diets.

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Held April 22 – 24 in King of Prussi
a\, the event features three days of outstanding educational sessions by r
enowned speakers\, including the president of the Academy of Nutrition and
Dietetics\, Lucille Beseler. There will also be networking events\, an ex
hibition highlighting numerous nutrition-related products and services\, a
nd an awards ceremony honoring dietetic leaders from across the state of P
ennsylvania.

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For full details about the event\, please visit the l
ink in this posting.

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Members only
event.

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The Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture
is a non-profit\, non-partisan organization. Its mission is to generate a
productive dialogue among its members and the agricultural community at la
rge\, as well as the general public\, so t
hat we may obtain a better understanding of the best land use policies and
food systems and disseminate this information in support of sustainable w
orld food production.

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Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture<
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The Society is the oldest agricultural society in the United
States. Organized in 1785\, it has played key roles in developing many of
the farming methods and institutions responsible for the abundance that i
s the hallmark of our modern food system. Practices now commonplace – such
as crop rotation and management of soil fertility – have their roots in t
he robust dialogue and exploration of change that have marked the Society’
s meetings and publication activities from its origins to the present day.